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US 11,377,040 B2Granted
Accessories supported by door strikers of motor vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to accessories configured to be supported by door strikers of motor vehicles. In particular, the accessories may be mounted to a motor vehicle when a traditional, or factory, door is removed. Some example accessories are useable as a step when mounted to the vehicle, and are also useable as a tool (i.e., as a shovel, flashlight, bit driver, socket wrench, and/or hex wrench) when removed from the vehicle.
Claims20
An accessory for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first portion;
- a second portion projecting from the first portion and configured to fit within a door striker of the motor vehicle;
- and
- wherein the accessory is configured such that, when the second portion is received in the door striker, the first portion provides a supporting surface useable by a user as a step, and, when the second portion is not received in the door striker, the accessory is useable as a tool, wherein the second portion includes a bit, adapter, or socket configured to mate with a fastener of the motor vehicle and the first portion provides a handle of the tool such that the user is able to grasp the first portion and apply a rotational force to the fastener using the accessory.
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An accessory for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first connector configured to be received in a first door striker of a first side door of the motor vehicle;
- a second connector configured to be received in a second door striker of a second side door of the motor vehicle;
- and
- a main portion extending between the first connector and the second connector, wherein, when the first and second connectors are received in the respective first and second door strikers, the main portion provides a supporting surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.